Specifications

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4.7 The `pci=nopeer' Argument.............................................................................................................19
4.8 The `pci=nosort' Argument..............................................................................................................19
4.9 The `pci=off' Argument...................................................................................................................19
4.10 The `pci=usepirqmask' Argument..................................................................................................19
4.11 The `pci=rom' Argument...............................................................................................................20
5. Boot Arguments for Video Frame Buffer Drivers.............................................................................20
5.1 The `video=map:...' Argument.........................................................................................................20
5.2 The `video=scrollback:...' Argument...............................................................................................20
5.3 The `video=vc:...' Argument............................................................................................................21
6. Boot Arguments for SCSI Peripherals...............................................................................................21
6.1 Arguments for Upper and Mid−level Drivers..................................................................................21
Maximum Probed LUNs (`max_scsi_luns=')..................................................................................21
SCSI Logging (`scsi_logging=')......................................................................................................21
Parameters for the SCSI Tape Driver (`st=')...................................................................................21
6.2 Arguments for SCSI Host Adapter Drivers.....................................................................................22
7. Hard Disks.........................................................................................................................................23
7.1 IDE Disk/CD−ROM Driver Parameters..........................................................................................23
7.2 Old MFM/RLL/Standard ST−506 Disk Driver Options (`hd=')......................................................24
7.3 XT Disk Driver Options (`xd=', `xd_geo=')....................................................................................24
8. The Sound Drivers.............................................................................................................................25
8.1 Individual Sound Device Driver Arguments...................................................................................25
ALSA ISA drivers...........................................................................................................................25
OSS drivers......................................................................................................................................26
ALSA PCI Drivers..........................................................................................................................27
9. CD−ROMs (Non−SCSI/ATAPI/IDE)...............................................................................................28
9.1 Old CD−ROM Driver Arguments...................................................................................................28
10. Serial and ISDN Drivers..................................................................................................................28
10.1 The ISDN drivers...........................................................................................................................28
10.2 The Serial drivers...........................................................................................................................29
11. Other Hardware Devices..................................................................................................................29
11.1 Ethernet Devices (`ether=', `netdev=')...........................................................................................29
11.2 The Floppy Disk Driver (`floppy=')...............................................................................................29
11.3 The Bus Mouse Driver (`bmouse=')..............................................................................................30
11.4 The MS Bus Mouse Driver (`msmouse=').....................................................................................30
11.5 The Printer Driver (`lp=')...............................................................................................................30
11.6 The Parallel port IP driver (`plip=')...............................................................................................30
12. Copying, Translations, Closing, etc.................................................................................................31
12.1 Copyright and Disclaimer.............................................................................................................31
12.2 Closing...........................................................................................................................................31
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